The Donald Trump administration recently revoked the visas of over 300 students, creating panic among several Indian, and other international students living in the US. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has added to the fears hinting that more student deportations are on the horizon.
The crackdown is allegedly aimed at students involved in campus activism. It has now expanded to include not just those who physically participated in protests, but also students who liked, shared, or commented on “anti-national” posts on social media.
“We’re looking every day for these lunatics that are tearing things up.” Marco Rubio, known for his hardline stance on national security, implied that the students in question were taking part in disruptive activities, though he did not specify the exact actions that led to their visa cancellations.
Rubio recently announce that the State Department may have revoked more than 300 visas of international students and warned that the Trump administration was looking every day for “these lunatics”. His remarks came in response to a question about Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish student who was detained in Somerville, Massachusetts, outside of Boston, by masked and plainclothes agents. Her detention was the latest Trump administration action against a foreign student who had voiced support for Palestinians in Israel’s war in Gaza.
